Som tam Thai green bean and carrot salad

Name: Som tam Thai green bean and carrot salad
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Thai
Ingredients: 300g carrots, peeled and cut into thin matchsticks; 150g green beans, trimmed and cut into short pieces; 200g cherry tomatoes, halved; 2 garlic cloves; 2 red chillies, sliced; 3 tbsp lime juice; 2 tbsp gluten free fish sauce; 2 tbsp palm sugar, or soft light brown sugar; 50g roasted peanuts

Crunchy, sharp and spicy, with lime, chilli and roasted peanuts. A cooling side for anything grilled.

Time20 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.60 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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300 gcarrotspeeled and cut into thin matchsticks
150 ggreen beanstrimmed and cut into short pieces
200 gcherry tomatoeshalved
2garlic cloves
2red chilliessliced
3 tbsplime juice
2 tbspgluten free fish sauce
2 tbsppalm sugaror soft light brown sugar
50 groasted peanuts

Method

1
Pound the garlic and chilli in a mortar or mash them with the back of a spoon in a large bowl to make a rough paste.
2
Add the lime juice, gluten free fish sauce and sugar. Stir until the sugar has dissolved.
3
Add the beans and bruise them lightly with the pestle or spoon so they take up the dressing.
4
Add the carrots and tomatoes. Toss and press gently for 1 minute, so the juices run.
5
Taste. It should be sour, salty, sweet and hot all at once. Add more lime or chilli if you like.
6
Scatter over the peanuts and serve straight away.

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